Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 (LiveCD) updated to build 90 - lots of problems!

2008-06-18 Thread Euan Thoms
Yes, I followed this procedure exactly and I still have the problems described. In addition, Evolution doesn't work either, it crashes whilst starting up, no screens get shown before it bails out. I have no problems with Nevada build 90 though. This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 (LiveCD) updated to build 90 - lots of problems!

2008-06-16 Thread Abraham Tehrani
To quote the posted link --- The command "pkg image-update" can be used to update an OpenSolaris 2008.05 system to build 89 or later. However due to changes in the GRUB boot system, one must manually update the Master Boot Record (MBR) to include these latest changes. When "pkg image-upda

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 (LiveCD) updated to build 90 - lots of problems!

2008-06-13 Thread Keith Paskett
It helps to look in the right places. I haven't tested it but the answer seems to be at: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=62982&tstart=0 - Keith Keith Paskett wrote: > I have a similar problem on a Sun W1100z but after an updating, the > system just keeps auto rebooting. Si

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 (LiveCD) updated to build 90 - lots of problems!

2008-06-13 Thread Keith Paskett
I have a similar problem on a Sun W1100z but after an updating, the system just keeps auto rebooting. Since I never get the grub menu, I can't boot the original image and roll back. The same thing happened after a clean install then adding postgres3 and the compilers. I was going to do some mor

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 (LiveCD) updated to build 90 - lots of problems!

2008-06-12 Thread Glynn Foster
On 13/06/2008, at 4:14 PM, Euan Thoms wrote: Can't speak about a bunch of the problems you've been facing - it might be helpful if you could file a bug (or set of bugs) at http://defect.opensolaris.org . > 4.) CD and DVD writing will not work, wipes out just when it tries > to burn. Is th

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 (LiveCD) updated to build 90 - lots of problems!

2008-06-12 Thread Euan Thoms
Updating to build 90 using 'pkg' command causes lots of things to break. This has happened to me on two different PCs, so it is not just a one-off. Vanilla install of OpenSolaris 2008.05 (Indiana) from live CD, then #pkg image-update from terminal will update the system to build 90, giving you